1970 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1970 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Sydenham, London from 13–18 February 1970.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her ninth consecutive title defeating Marcia Roche in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
42nd Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueBP Club, Sydenham
← 1969
1971 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Heather McKay (née Blundell) bye
 Fran Marshall bye
  Marcia Roche  O Weldon 9-7 9-1 9-0
 Claire Chapman  T McMullen 9-5 9-2 9-3
 Ann Price  Irene Rowe 9-4 9-2 9-0
 Jean Wilson  M D Furniss 9-3 9-2 9-7
 Margaret Claughton  Mandy Holdsworth 10-8 9-1 9-2
 Joy Alexander  Tessa Lawrence 9-1 9-4 9-1
 Thea Moore  J Goodwin 9-0 9-0 9-2
 Di Fuller  C Boswell 9-2 9-6 9-4
 Maureen Morgan  Karen Gardner 9-4 9-3 9-4
 Heather Nielson  Janet Ledger 5-9 9-7 10-9 9-7
 Pam Bleasdale  E Carnegie 9-6 9-2 9-6
 Heather Rhead  H E S Wilson 9-4 9-5 9-1
 Peggy Mason  Mary McNally w/o
 Jane Poynder  B Smith 10-8 9-4 3-9 9-5
 Jean McFarlane  J Chamberlain 10-9 9-2 9-6
 K Maltby  Gillian Finch 9-7 9-7 9-2
 Brenda Carmichael  M Broughton 9-0 9-0 9-1
 Jane Barham  Sheila Cooper 9-6 9-3 9-3
 Bobs Whitehead  Theo Veltman 9-2 9-2 6-9 9-1
 Jill Campion  C Bourdon 9-1 9-2 9-7
 Barbara Sanderson  E Thomason 9-3 9-0 9-3
 Diane Corbett  J M Goodin 9-1 9-1 9-1
 Valerie Watson  M Taylor 9-1 9-2 9-1
 Janice Townsend  M Young 9-1 9-0 9-5
 M Moon  Janet Ward 9-6 9-1 4-9 9-0

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  Morgan   Nielson

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Townsend M 9-0 9-1 9-1
  Marshall   Sinclair 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Roche   Morgan 9-3 9-0 9-0
  Chapman   Corbett 9-1 9-7 9-1
  Wilson   Carmichael 9-4 5-9 9-0 9-3
  Price   Townsend J 7-9 9-7 9-5 9-7
  Claughton   Whitehead 6-9 6-9 9-9 9-3 9-1
  Alexander   Watson 8-10 2-9 10-8 4-9

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Claughton 9-0 9-1 9-1
  Roche   Wilson 9-7 9-4 9-4
  Marshall   Price 9-4 9-2 6-9 10-8
  Chapman   Watson 9-3 9-2 9-1

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Chapman 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Marshall   Roche 9-6 8-10 8-10 5-9

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Roche 9-1 9-1 9-0
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1970
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1970 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Heather in final". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2015.